Meaning of "swell" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWELL

Old English swellan; related to Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, German schwellen.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SWELL

swell  [swɛl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWELL

Swell is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb swell in English.

WHAT DOES SWELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Swell

Swell may refer to: ▪ Swell, a formation of long wavelength ocean surface waves ▪ Swell Radio, a radio streaming application. ▪ Swell, an indie rock band from San Francisco ▪ Swell, Gloucestershire, England ▪ Swell, a term in bookbinding ▪ Expression pedal, a control found on many organs and synthesizers, also called a swell box or swell pedal ▪ Swell, another word for a fop, dandy, popinjay, or maccaroni ▪ Swell, a slang term for "good", "cool", or "nifty"...

Definition of swell in the English dictionary

The first definition of swell in the dictionary is to expand or cause to expand at a particular point or above the surrounding level; protrude. Other definition of swell is to grow or cause to grow in size, amount, intensity, or degree. Swell is also to puff or be puffed up with pride or another emotion.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SWELL

PRESENT

Present

I swell

you swell

he/she/it swells

we swell

you swell

they swell

Present continuous

I am swelling

you are swelling

he/she/it is swelling

we are swelling

you are swelling

they are swelling

Present perfect

I have swelled

you have swelled

he/she/it has swelled

we have swelled

you have swelled

they have swelled

Present perfect continuous

I have been swelling

you have been swelling

he/she/it has been swelling

we have been swelling

you have been swelling

they have been swelling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I swelled

you swelled

he/she/it swelled

we swelled

you swelled

they swelled

Past continuous

I was swelling

you were swelling

he/she/it was swelling

we were swelling

you were swelling

they were swelling

Past perfect

I had swelled

you had swelled

he/she/it had swelled

we had swelled

you had swelled

they had swelled

Past perfect continuous

I had been swelling

you had been swelling

he/she/it had been swelling

we had been swelling

you had been swelling

they had been swelling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will swell

you will swell

he/she/it will swell

we will swell

you will swell

they will swell

Future continuous

I will be swelling

you will be swelling

he/she/it will be swelling

we will be swelling

you will be swelling

they will be swelling

Future perfect

I will have swelled

you will have swelled

he/she/it will have swelled

we will have swelled

you will have swelled

they will have swelled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been swelling

you will have been swelling

he/she/it will have been swelling

we will have been swelling

you will have been swelling

they will have been swelling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would swell

you would swell

he/she/it would swell

we would swell

you would swell

they would swell

Conditional continuous

I would be swelling

you would be swelling

he/she/it would be swelling

we would be swelling

you would be swelling

they would be swelling

Conditional perfect

I would have swell

you would have swell

he/she/it would have swell

we would have swell

you would have swell

they would have swell

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been swelling

you would have been swelling

he/she/it would have been swelling

we would have been swelling

you would have been swelling

they would have been swelling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you swell
we let´s swell
you swell

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to swell

Past participle

swelled

Present Participle

swelling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SWELL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swell» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of swell

accelerate · amplify · augment · awesome · balloon · beau · belly · billow · blade · bloat · booshit · brill · brim · bulge · cockscomb · dandy · de luxe · dilate · distend · enlarge · escalate · excellent · exclusive · exo · expand · extend · fashion plate · fashionable · fatten · first-rate · fop · grand · grow · heighten · increase · intensify · marvellous · mount · multiply · nob · overflow · phat · posh · protrude · rad · rise · ritzy · round out · schmick · sensational · sik · smart · sovereign · step up · stylish · superb · surge · toff · topping · tumefy · undulation · wave · wonderful

TRANSLATION OF SWELL

Find out the translation of swell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of swell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swell» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 增大
• Translator English - Spanish: aumentar
• English: swell
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रफुल्लित
• Translator English - Arabic: تضخم
• Translator English - Russian: зыбь
• Translator English - Portuguese: engrossar
• Translator English - Bengali: চিতান
• Translator English - French: augmenter
• Translator English - Malay: Membengkak
• Translator English - German: anwachsen
• Translator English - Japanese: 大きくする/大きくなる
• Translator English - Korean: 팽창하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Swell
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sưng lên
• Translator English - Tamil: வடிகிறது
• Translator English - Marathi: फुगणे
• Translator English - Turkish: kabarma
• Translator English - Italian: crescere
• Translator English - Polish: puchnąć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: брижі
• Translator English - Romanian: umfla
• Translator English - Greek: φούσκωμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: deining
• Translator English - Swedish: dyning
• Translator English - Norwegian: swell

10 QUOTES WITH «SWELL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swell.

1

Sholom Aleichem

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

2

Anna Julia Cooper

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

3

Joan Didion

You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but he did tell me that.

4

Matthew Green

Talk of unusual swell of waist In maid of honor loosely laced.

5

Hannah Kent

In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.

6

Andrea McLean

Peppers, garlic, hazelnuts and brazil nuts make my mouth, tongue and eyes swell and itch within minutes of eating them.

7

Glenn Miller

I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.

8

Jay Mohr

I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball.

9

Paul Muldoon

The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of course, and I'm sometimes interested in how much one can get away with.

10

J. B. Priestley

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWELL»

Discover the use of swell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Swell: A Year of Waves

Surf journalist team Evan Slater and Peter Taras capture the essence of waves and the swells that produce them in this breathtaking collection of wave photography.

Evan Slater, 2012

Swell

Off the coast of a tiny island a mysterious package goes missing.

Corwin Ericson, 2011

Home Swell Home: Designing Your Dream Pad

Now they're taking the Swell aesthetic home with this inspiring guide to creating the ultimate dream pad.

Cynthia Rowley, Ilene Rosenzweig, 2010

Little Wave and Old Swell: A Fable of Life and Its Passing

Written with uncomplicated charm by Jim Ballard -- including original oil paintings by Catherine M. Elliott and a foreword by bestselling author, Ken Blanchard -- this timeless tale is certain to take its place with other classic and ...

Jim Ballard, Kenneth Blanchard, 2007

Swell

Conspiring family members, a younger replacement captain, and modernization in merchant shipping force a ship captain to retire from his job, return home, and face old age.

Ioanna Karystiani, Konstantinos Matsoukas, 2010

Swell-Wimp: Sexual Exercise as a Means of Reducing and ...

Swell-Wimp is a humorous parody of exercise, diet and self-help books. With Swell-Wimp you maximize energy expenditure during sexual activity. How?

Perry Bathous, Clarissa Flanders, 2000

Swell Holiday: Turning Up the Twinkle

Coauthors of the breakthrough style manuals, Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life and Home Swell Home: Designing Your Dream Pad, Cynthia and Ilene now bring their signature mix of spirit and style to holiday time.

Cynthia Rowley, Ilene Rosenzweig, 2010

A Swell-Looking Babe

The Manson looked like a respectable hotel; Dusty Rhodes looked like a selfless young man working as a bellhop; and the woman on the tenth floor who arrived on the midnight train looked like a slumming angel.

Jim Thompson, 2010

Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life

Aims to help women combine style and spirit with panache, offering tips on topics ranging from creating a signature look to getting the best table in a bistro

Cynthia Rowley, Ilene Rosenzweig, 1999

The Swell Dressed Party

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Cynthia Rowley, Ilene Rosenzweig, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swell is used in the context of the following news items.

Ocean rescues swell amid strong rip currents

The spike in activity was due to a combination of a strong southwest swell and a wave of warm weather that has led thousands of people to seek relief on the ... «Santa Monica Daily Press, Jul 15»

SSW Swell Continues to Fade

**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Maui County projected winds, tides, swell direction & period and expected wave ... «Maui Now, Jul 15»

Swell of the decade breaks bones and cameras in Western Australia

When a so-called "swell of the decade" hits Australia, there are a few places an average human surfer shouldn't be in. Those spots are The Right and Cow ... «SurferToday, Jun 15»

WA surfers gearing up for 'swell of the decade' as massive waves …

According to the Department of Transport buoy off Cape Naturaliste, the swell reached more than five metres with a very high 16-second swell period in the ... «ABC Local, Jun 15»

High Surf Advisory posted until Wednesday as large south swell hits …

A High Surf Advisory is in effect for what's expected to be the largest south swell so far this year. The National Weather Service said the advisory will be in effect ... «Hawaii News Now, May 15»

Headed to the Beach? Large Swell Prompts Warning

“A long-period west swell will build surf to 3 to 6 feet today and linger through Saturday morning,” said an NWS statement. “Strong rip currents will increase the ... «Patch.com, Apr 15»

Large Swell Prompts Beach Warning

Anyone planning a trip to the beach should be cautious of a large swell expected along the coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and National Weather ... «Patch.com, Apr 15»

High surf warning extended due to lingering northwest swell

A large north, northwest swell will linger through the night and lower gradually on Saturday. Surf is expected to reach 20 to 25 feet on north- and west-facing ... «KHON2, Mar 15»

Surf The World Surf League Gambles $100000 on Snapper's Next …

There are all sorts of problems with pro surfing as a spectator sport: waiting periods that don't quite match up with swells, terrible webcasts, and some of the most ... «TheInertia.com, Mar 15»

Reinforcement swell will keep waves big and dangerous

A reinforcement swell is expected to keep surf on north and west shores at dangerous levels through Saturday. Elevated surf is also expected to continue at ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jan 15»